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Leptocottus armatus (Cabezon; Pacific staghorn sculpin; Staghorn sculpin)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Pacific staghorn sculpin, Leptocottus armatus, is a common sculpin found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California. The sole member of its genus, it is unusual for having spined antler-like projections on its gill covers; it can raise the projections as a defense mechanism. Staghorn sculpins are slender fish, with a grayish olive above, pale creamy yellow sides, and a white belly.
View Wikipedia Record: Leptocottus armatus

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [2]  10 years
Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Cabrillo National Monument V 149 California, United States
California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserve 153447 California, United States  
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary   California, United States
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve II 366714 British Columbia, Canada
Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve 293047 British Columbia, Canada  
Nipomo Dunes Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve Ia 3725 California, United States
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada
Point Reyes National Seashore II 27068 California, United States
Redwood National Park II 77867 California, United States

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Ammodytes hexapterus (Stout sand lance)[3]
Anisogammarus confervicolus[4]
Aulorhynchus flavidus (Tube-snout)[3]
Clevelandia ios (Arrow goby)[4]
Crangon alaskensis[3]
Crangon franciscorum (California bay shrimp)[3]
Cymatogaster aggregata (Shiner)[3]
Engraulis mordax (Californian anchoveta)[3]
Enophrys bison (Buffalo sculpin)[3]
Exosphaeroma amplicauda (Isopod)[3]
Exosphaeroma media[3]
Fundulus parvipinnis (California killifish)[4]
Hemigrapsus nudus (purple shore crab)[3]
Hemigrapsus oregonensis (yellow shore crab)[4]
Heptacarpus taylori (Taylor coastal shrimp)[3]
Lissocrangon stylirostris (smooth bay shrimp)[3]
Metacarcinus magister (Dungeness crab)[3]
Neomysis awatschensis[3]
Pandalus danae (dock shrimp)[3]
Pentidotea resecata[3]
Pugettia richii (cryptic kelp crab)[3]
Upogebia pugettensis (blue mud shrimp)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aechmophorus occidentalis (Western Grebe)1
Alopias vulpinus (Zorro thresher shark)1
Anas acuta (Northern Pintail)1
Ardea alba (Great Egret)1
Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)1
Artedius fenestralis (Padded sculpin)1
Artedius lateralis (Smooth-head sculpin)1
Ascelichthys rhodorus (Rosylip sculpin)1
Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale)1
Brachyramphus marmoratus (Marbled Murrelet)2
Bucephala islandica (Barrow's Goldeneye)1
Butorides virescens (Green Heron)1
Calidris alba (Sanderling)1
Calidris alpina (Dunlin)1
Calidris mauri (Western Sandpiper)1
Calidris minutilla (Least Sandpiper)1
Callorhinus ursinus (Northern Fur Seal)2
Cepphus columba (Pigeon Guillemot)1
Cerorhinca monocerata (Rhinoceros Auklet)2
Clangula hyemalis (Oldsquaw)1
Clinocottus acuticeps (Sharpnose sculpin)1
Cymatogaster aggregata (Shiner)1
Dasycottus setiger (Spinyhead sculpin)1
Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked Saddleback Dolphin)1
Egretta thula (Snowy Egret)2
Enophrys bison (Buffalo sculpin)1
Eschrichtius robustus (Gray Whale)1
Eumetopias jubatus (Steller Sea Lion)1
Fratercula cirrhata (Tufted Puffin)2
Fratercula corniculata (Horned Puffin)1
Gadus macrocephalus (Pacific cod)2
Gillichthys mirabilis (Longjaw mudsucker)3
Gobiesox maeandricus (Northern clingfish)1
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (Red Irish lord)1
Hexagrammos decagrammus (Kelp greenling)2
Hexagrammos stelleri (Greenling)1
Hippoglossoides elassodon (Paper sole)1
Hippoglossus stenolepis (Pacific halibut)2
Hydrolagus colliei (Spotted rattfish)1
Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian Tern)1
Katsuwonus pelamis (White bonito)1
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Pacific White-sided Dolphin)1
Larus canus (Mew Gull)1
Larus glaucescens (Glaucous-winged Gull)1
Larus occidentalis (Western Gull)2
Lepidopsetta polyxystra (Northern rock sole)1
Limanda aspera (Yellowfin sole)1
Limnodromus griseus (Short-billed Dowitcher)2
Limosa fedoa (Marbled Godwit)2
Liparis cyclopus (Günther's liparid)1
Lutjanus guttatus (mutton snapper)1
Megaceryle alcyon (Belted Kingfisher)1
Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale)1
Merluccius productus (Whiting)1
Metacarcinus magister (Dungeness crab)4
Mirounga angustirostris (Northern Elephant Seal)1
Numenius americanus (Long-billed Curlew)2
Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night-Heron)1
Oligocottus maculosus (Tidepool sculpin)1
Oligocottus snyderi (Fluffy sculpin)1
Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii (Cutthroat trout)3
Ophiodon elongatus (Lingcod)1
Paralabrax maculatofasciatus (Spotted sand bass)2
Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested Cormorant)2
Phalacrocorax pelagicus (Pelagic Cormorant)1
Phocoenoides dalli (Dall's Porpoise)1
Pluvialis squatarola (Grey Plover)3
Podiceps auritus (Horned Grebe)2
Podiceps grisegena (Red-necked Grebe)1
Podothecus accipenserinus (Sturgeon-like sea-poacher)2
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)1
Psettichthys melanostictus (Pacific sand sole)3
Puffinus opisthomelas (Black-vented Shearwater)1
Raja binoculata (Big skate)1
Rhacochilus vacca (Pile surfperch)1
Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged Kittiwake)1
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Sculpin)1
Sebastes atrovirens (Rockfish)1
Sebastes carnatus (Rockfish)1
Sebastes caurinus (Copper rockfish)4
Sebastes crameri (Rockfish)1
Sebastes flavidus (Yellowtail rockfish)2
Sebastes maliger (Rockfish)1
Sebastes melanops (Black bass)1
Sebastes serranoides (Rockfish)1
Seriphus politus (Drum)1
Squalus acanthias (Common spiny)1
Sterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern)1
Synthliboramphus antiquus (Ancient Murrelet)2
Theragra chalcogramma (Whiting)2
Triakis semifasciata (Leopard shark)1
Tringa melanoleuca (Greater Yellowlegs)1
Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenosed Dolphin)2
Uria aalge (Common Murre)2
Zalophus californianus (California Sealion)1
Zapteryx exasperata (Striped guitarfish)1

Predators

Aechmophorus occidentalis (Western Grebe)[3]
Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)[3]
Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night-Heron)[4]
Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii (Cutthroat trout)[5]
Phalacrocorax pelagicus (Pelagic Cormorant)[3]
Phoca vitulina richardii (Harbor seal)[3]
Podiceps auritus (Horned Grebe)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Echinorhynchus gadi[6]
Genolinea anura[6]
Hysterothylacium magnum <Unverified Name>[6]
Neobenedenia melleni[6]
Podocotyle radifistuli <Unverified Name>[6]
Podocotyle sinusacca[6]
Tubulovesicula lindbergi[6]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
John G. Shedd Aquarium

Range Map

Link to Map
Alaska (USA); America, North - Inland waters; California Current; Canada; East Bering Sea; Eastern Pacific: Izembek Lagoon, on the southeastern Bering Sea coast of Alaska to Bahia San Quintin, northern Baja California, Mexico.; Fraser; Gulf of Alaska; Mexico; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Eastern Central; Pacific, Northeast; Pacific, Northwest; Russian Federation; USA (contiguous states); West Bering Sea;

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495. ♦ 3Food Web Relationships of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca : a Synthesis of the Available Knowledge, Charles A. Simenstad, Bruce S. Miller, Carl F. Nyblade, Kathleen Thornburgh, and Lewis J. Bledsoe, EPA-600 7-29-259 September 1979 ♦ 4Lafferty, K. D., R. F. Hechinger, J. C. Shaw, K. L. Whitney and A. M. Kuris (in press) Food webs and parasites in a salt marsh ecosystem. In Disease ecology: community structure and pathogen dynamics (eds S. Collinge and C. Ray). Oxford University Press, Oxford. ♦ 5Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki) Diet In South Puget Sound, Washington 1999 – 2002, Joseph M. Jauquet, Masters Thesis, Evergreen State College, 2002 ♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by NatureServe. 2010. Digital Distribution Maps of the Freshwater Fishes in the Conterminous United States. Version 3.0. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011